10在〔国度〕宪法的最后一段,不再是论到消极的方面,诸如我们的脾气、情欲、己、肉体和忧虑;而完全是论到积极的方面,就是实行天父的旨意。国度子民不是为着别的,乃是为着实行父的旨意。我们在这里不仅仅是为着胜过我们的脾气、情欲、己、肉体,也不仅仅是为着善待并同情别人。我们在这里乃是为着成就天父的旨意。要实行父的旨意,我们需要走狭路。在属世哲学家的教训里,既没有神圣的生命、神圣的性情,也没有神圣的路。但在这里,诸天之国宪法的终极结果,乃是天父的旨意。这就是说,我们有一位天父,我们是父的儿子。在宪法的最后一段,不仅是生命的事,也是父旨意的事。我们的父有一个旨意要成就,但这旨意只能借着祂的生命才能成就。我们需要活在天父的生命里,并且凭着这生命而活。这种生活乃是为着实行父的旨意。……父的旨意就是要把召会建造在子这块磐石上。这在使徒行传、书信和启示录里得着充分的发展。新约启示出神那神圣、永远的旨意,就是要建造召会。
10In this last section of the [kingdom] constitution, it is no longer a negative matter of dealing with our temper, lust, self, flesh, and anxiety. It is absolutely a positive matter of doing the will of the Father who is in the heavens. The kingdom people are not for anything other than doing the will of the Father. We are not here merely to overcome our temper, our lusts, our self, and our flesh, and to be kind and sympathetic to others. We are here for the accomplishment of the will of the heavenly Father. In order to do the will of the Father, we need to walk on the constricted way. In the teachings of the worldly philosophers, there is neither the divine life and divine nature nor the divine way. But here the ultimate issue of the constitution of the kingdom of the heavens is the will of the heavenly Father. This means that we have a heavenly Father and that we are the Father’s sons. However, in the last section of the constitution it is not only a matter of life but also a matter of the will of the Father. Our Father has a will to accomplish, but we can accomplish it only by His life. We need to live in the life of the heavenly Father and also by that life. This kind of living is for the doing of the Father’s will…The Father’s will is to build the church upon the Son as the rock. This is fully developed in Acts, the Epistles, and the book of Revelation. The New Testament reveals that God’s divine, eternal will is to build up the church.